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There is literally no other detail than the phone model name. For all we know it could be an ancient iPhone with a severely outdated OS and a brand new Pixel ph
by pilsetnieks 6y ago
There is literally no other detail than the phone model name. For all we know it could be an ancient iPhone with a severely outdated OS and a brand new Pixel phone.
4-digit passcode hasn't been the default passcode option in iOS for a long time.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agohttps://www.tomsguide.com/news/police-say-android-phones-are-harder-to-crack-than-iphones https://www.tomsguide.com/news/police-say-android-phones-are... >This is supported by a look at smartphone cracking company Cellebrite’s effectiveness at breaking into different phones. Cellebrite can easily open up any iPhone X or earlier iPhone, but the same software used on a Google Pixel 2 or Galaxy S9 extracts very little information, and nothing at all in the case of the Huawei P20 Pro. >That’s not to say that these Android devices are unbreakable. It's just that it requires a different, more labor-intensive process to get the data requested. >The sheer variety of Android hardware and customized software builds makes it hard for phone-crackers to build a universal tool to break into Android phones. Meanwhile, a "jailbreak" released late last year permanently bypasses the security functions of every iPhone model from the iPhone 4s to the iPhone X. This perfectly squares with what I personally know from law enforcement friends but I'm just an internet stranger.
- pilsetnieks 6y agoIt's called security through obscurity.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoWhat? the iPhone's closed-source operating system?
- saagarjha 6y agoNo, more diversity for Android devices.